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- The United States of America Part I
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- The United States of America. Geography 1020304050 Sights
1020304050 Famous people 1020304050 Writers 1020304050
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- What is the capital of the USA? Washington D.C.
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- Which American state was the last to acquire state status?
Hawaii
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- Question-auction Name the smallest U.S. state. Rhode
Island
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- Name the lowest spot in the continental U. S. Death Valley
(CA)
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- What is the name of the river in New York? Hudson river
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- What monument in Washington D.C., dedicated to an American
president, is nicknamed The Pencil? Washington monument
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- The Statue of Liberty Question-auction:
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- Happy chance.
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- The Golden Gate Bridge
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- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
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- Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington
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- Which American astronaut first stepped on the surface of the
Moon? Neil Armstrong
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- His cartoons about Mickey Mouse are very popular.
WaltDisney
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- Who was the famous Chicago criminal, nicknamed Scarface?
AlCapone
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- Which American architect is called the Father of the
Skyscraper? Louis Henry Sullivan
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- Who is the author of the story about Tom Soyer? Mark Twain
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- Which 19-th century American writer is said to be the founder
of detective genre? Edgar A. Poe
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- Which American author wrote The last of the Mohicans? James
Fenimore Cooper
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- Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote The Sun
Also Rises. Ernest Hemingway
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- Volkovs book, The Wizard of the Emerald Town, is an adaptation
of a book written by L. Frank Baum
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- The United States of America Part II
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- History 10304050 American presidents 10304050 Culture 10304050
The USA.
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- Which document begins with the words, We, people of the United
States, in order to form a more perfect union ? The Constitution of
the United States
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- What is the name of the American naval base that the Japanese
attacted on December 7, 1941? Pearl Harbor
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- During which periods in American history was the novel Gone
with the Wind? The Civil War andReconstruction
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- When did American women receive the right to vote? 1920 the
19-th Amendment of the Constitution
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- Who was the youngest elected President in the history of the
U.S.? John F. Kennedy
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- Which general (the 34 th president) commanded all U.S. forces
during the Second World War? DwightDavidEisenhower
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- Which American President was the first to live in the White
House? John Adams
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- A pig in a poke: Which American President attended the Potsdam
Conference? Harry Truman
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- Question-auction: What is the name of the awards given to the
best movie actors and actresses each year in the U.S.? Oscars or
Academy Awards
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- Which American rock-and-roll star lived in Memphis? Elvis
Presley
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- Which American silent film star is called The Little Tramp?
CharlieChaplin
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- Name the largest library in the U.S. Library of Congress
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- Thank you for your attention!